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hen noun- a woman UK, 1626
- He sent drinks and a forced smile down to the sitting hens and waved goodbye[.] — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 164, 1968
- She turned and smiled and entered the hen’s room. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 100, 1973
- used for informally addressing a woman; also, as an endearment UK: SCOTLAND, 1626
- Hey, hen. I’m helpless. Fancy mothering me? — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
- Sorry to shatter your illusions, hen, but it’s time you woke up[.] — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 157, 2000
- a flamboyant feminine male homosexual TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1985
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- in a deck of playing cards, a queen US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 43, 1988
- the Sea Knight military helicopter US
A term used by reconnaissance troops in Vietnam. - — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 105, 1991
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